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A football team represented '''[[Blackpool]]''' at | A [[football]] team represented '''[[Blackpool]]''' at football tournaments such as the [[FA Cup]]. | ||
In the [[1953 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]] against [[Bolton Wanderers]] in [[1953]], Blackpool was down 3-1 when their player [[Stanley Matthews]] did three set-ups in the last 20 minutes, which allowed his team to score. [[Bill Perry]] scored the final [[goal]] of the match and Blackpool won 4-3. [[John Ellis]] charged his son [[Alan Ellis]]' friends a [[shilling]] each to watch the match on his new [[television]]. Alan enjoyed the match a great deal, punching the air when Perry scored the winning goal. He joked that Perry had wings on his feet, which was why he was called a winger. | In the [[1953 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final]] against [[Bolton Wanderers]] in [[1953]], Blackpool was down 3-1 when their player [[Stanley Matthews]] did three set-ups in the last 20 minutes, which allowed his team to score. [[Bill Perry]] scored the final [[goal]] of the match and Blackpool won 4-3. [[John Ellis]] charged his son [[Alan Ellis]]' friends a [[shilling]] each to watch the match on his new [[television]]. Alan enjoyed the match a great deal, punching the air when Perry scored the winning goal. He joked that Perry had wings on his feet, which was why he was called a winger. |